DESCRIPTION A major downtown park for Chicago, Millenium Parkfiexd an eyesore for the elementcity.namesWhere(4W,there3RG,was once a train yard,etc.)nowthere are 24.5 acres of green space, tremendous public art and linkfountainsthemrest. Rather than feeling like a single park expereince, the park is plit in to appropriateaelementseriespagesoffordisparateeasyrooms,cross-referencingDESCRIPTIONeach with a signature element, including: what
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the place?Crown Plaza with it's brilliant fountain by Jaume Plensa
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LESSONS LEARNED whatThecaninsertionweoflearnthisfromverythisinteractiveplace?andyouprogrammed public space has had an extraordinary influence on downtown Chicago. Summer months findcouldthe Crown Plaza filled with kids and the Pritzker Pavilion is a true performance space. The park, however, has little to say about environmental stewardship, its relationship to the lake nearby, nor theaddressindustrialissueshistory of performance,the site,funding,savemaintenance,forinterpretation,someaesthetics,materialanything...choices.